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Larry Page: Google should be like a familyJanuary 19, 2012: 7:00 AM ET
In an exclusive Q&A, Google's co-founder and CEO explains how he built a No. 1 workplace -- and why it matters.
FORTUNE -- Almost since the day it set up shop in a garage, Google has been known as one of the world's best places to work -- if you could get your foot in the door. Crazy-free perks were the reward for graduates of elite schools who had high grade-point averages and who could endure the company's grueling interview process. The perks remain, but as Google (GOOG) has grown, it has gotten more realistic about recruiting -- and kinder about tolerating underperformers. As of last year, the company began recruiting at such nonpedigreed institutions as Texas A&M and the State University of New York at Buffalo; interview sessions that often involved as many as 12 screenings now average between four and five. In an exclusive interview with Fortune, Larry Page, Google's original CEO, who reassumed the position a year ago, speaks with obvious pride about the "family" environment Google tries to encourage, how it differs from his own grandfather's workplace, and how free food encourages people to eat less. And while he doesn't rule out charging for those meals one day, don't count on its happening anytime soon.
How has the state of being an employee at Google changed over the years?
It changes, obviously, as the company gets bigger. But the thing that really has stuck with me from when I was at Stanford is that when you're a grad student, you can work on whatever you want. And the projects that were really good got a lot of people really wanting to work on them. We've taken that learning to Google, and it's been really, really helpful. If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning. That's the main thing. You want to be working on meaningful, impactful projects, and that's the thing there is really a shortage of in the world. I think at Google we still have that. We've always had that in spades.
How do you maintain that level of mission for thousands and thousands of employees, as opposed to hundreds a decade ago?
Even when we started in 1998, our mission was to organize the world's information. I remember I'd stand up on Fridays [at Google's TGIF events], and we probably had 100 people or so. People would ask me, "We have 100 people -- that's a lot of people. Why do we need more people?" And I was like, Well, organizing the world's information isn't something for 100 people to do; it's something for a lot more people to do. We've been lucky that the things we've worked on and wanted to work on are huge-impact things, and to do them really well requires a tremendous amount of effort. I don't think we're going to run out of important things to do, compared with the resources that we have. There are many, many problems in the world that need solving.
How do you summarize Google's culture?
My grandfather was an autoworker, and I have a weapon he manufactured to protect himself from the company that he would carry to work. It's a big iron pipe with a hunk of lead on the head. I think about how far we've come as companies from those days, where workers had to protect themselves from the company. My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
How important to you are Google's wonderful lifestyle perks, from the free food to the massages, for the employee experience you're trying to design?
I don't think it's any of those individual things. It's important that the company be a family, that people feel that they're part of the company, and that the company is like a family to them. When you treat people that way, you get better productivity. Rather than really caring what hours you worked, you care about output. We should continue to innovate in our relationship with our employees and figure out the best things we can do for them. We've been looking a lot at the health of our people, and making sure we're helping them stay healthy and quit smoking. Our health care costs have grown a lot less fast than other companies as a result of that. But our people have also been a lot happier and more productive, which is much more important.
I can't imagine a lot of Googlers smoke. Can you give me an example of something that you're consciously trying to do for the health of employees?
Generally you go to these big facilities for gyms -- but we noticed people were heavily using the smaller gyms that are closer to their buildings. [We've been] making sure we have really healthy food for people. We started putting the desserts around a wall, just around the corner. We have doctors on site. We'd like to do more of that, where we really make health care convenient and easy and faster, which I think helps people stay healthy. If your access to health care involves your leaving work and driving somewhere and parking and waiting for a long time, that's not going to promote healthiness.
Is free food sacrosanct at Google?
Will it always be there as long as there's a Google? I don't know about always, but it seems to be working for us pretty well. I don't worry about the cost. The only thing I worry about is making sure we're not causing too much consumption as a result of it. It does make the company feel more like a family. And to some extent it promotes healthier practices: You don't have to get a huge portion of something.
You and Sergey were interested in child care long before you had spouses, let alone children. How has becoming a family man changed your concept of work/life balance at Google?
It hasn't changed that much. We've always been good at making sure we're treating employees flexibly. You treat people with respect, they tend to return the favor to the company. And that goes for families.
Do you think of Google as a headquarters-centric company? You have offices all around the world, but isn't the power in Mountain View?
On the order of a third of our people are in Mountain View. Over time I hope we become less headquarters-centric and that we improve the tools to let people work from anywhere in the world in a really productive way. On the other hand, California is a really nice place to live, and you're always welcome to come move and work for us in California.
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I love Julie. She has been cutting my hair for years and i loved it. Unfortunately i moved far from the salon BuT when it is time for another trim there is no doubt in my mind that i will be driving far just to see her.
I got to say the fact that this Poshe Salon fortunately owns quite a few of best talented hair stylists, and nail techs in Hillsboro!
dont go here!
i went in for a hair cut not too long ago and i got scheduled in between a color. the stylist (julie) was working on a color client that seems like was her friend or regular client so it seemed like she cared about her waaaaaaaay more than my hair cut. she left me several times to wash the other lady and then again she left me half way through my cut to dry and cut her!! WHAT THE FFFFFF?? i am a paying client too and she charged me way more than other stylists do at the salon. so i think julie is greedy and rude. if you are being scheduled between a color or something then go at your own risk! a 30 min haircut will end up being an hour or more. this place sucks now. the lady next to julie is annoying also. so disappointing.
this salon is in my top 5 for filthiest i've ever been to! the decor is mediocre and cheap. the waiting area is disgusting! candy wrappers and cups everywhere, no garbage in sight! the chairs are uncomfortable.. especially for having to wait so long!
i never saw any of the stylists sanitize or clean their tools off before using them again on a different person.
there is crap on the ground, hair everywhere, dust everywhere and spider webs in corners! looks like they really need to clean up their act!!
the receptionist was friendly, welcoming, and talkative to everyone that came in which i wasn't expecting because the girl i spoke with on the phone was difficult to understand.
as far as my cut.. super! no doubt they are one of the most talented salons in the area! wax turned out great too. (the room they took me in was really tacky once again)..
so besides how dirty this place is, i'm pretty happy. i'll probably return and try to close my eyes!
Dear customer;
We appreciate your compliment on Poshe's service. We also thanks you very much for comment on salon's cleanliness. Probably, you might catch us at very busy moment in weekend or so. State board often examines salon's cleanliness, we always receive a good standing approval. However, no excuse, Poshe team value highly your comment. Our team will do our best to keep salon clean all the times. At Poshe, we value seriously our salon's cleanliness, at the same time, to deliver our excellent services. Both of these matters are the same extremely important level to us!
Best regards;
Poshe Salon
I have gone in there a few times for manicures and hair colors. The manicurists (Mahn?) Is terrible! She is rough, fast, my cuticles were bleeding when I left her and the french color is all uneven. And she told me she was the best! The best part of manny/peddies are the massages which is virtually unheard of from her. A quick grab and a rub and shes done. The hair stylist isn't much better...Its like they double and tripple book. Rush rush rush...not a pleasant pampering experience at all.
Dear Kathy;
We deeply appreciate your feedback. At Poshe, our team has always been striving our best to meet customer's highest expectation. Your feedback will be informed to the team, and we will do our best to correct the error if happened. Please come back to try us again. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. Please email your home address to (email@example.com). Our manager would like to send you a gift card. Poshe Salon
Poor customer service, Poor way to run a business – Manh did NOT ASK me if I also wanted my chin waxed and I DID tell her before she began I ONLY wanted above and below my lip. There was no miscommunication, there was only greed for more money. I deffinently feel I should be refunded the $10.
They did not refund the $10, sent a $10 coupon. Even though I miss getting a hair cut by Tony, will not return because of the 3 different times they tried to overcharge for waxing.
Dearest Linda;
First of all, we greatly appreciate your coming to Poshe Salon, and thanks you so much for the feedback. We value it very highly as our effort to improve our services.
Message from your performer (Man Saetern): "Linda specifically asked me to wax her chin as well as lip. I only did services that were asked of me by customer. When I am done, she said she loved it"
We guess there might be just some miscommunication here, I already sent the refund of $10 chin wax for you, not a big deal. Just let you know, as salon important policy, our team members don't perform or charge for services that we have not been asked to do for customers. Violation will be resulted in job termination.
Best regards;
Poshe manager
Waxing and nails – Poshe' salon is great !
i have been going there for almost two years now i have never had a problem with them.
i get my waxing done by man(mon) and she also does manicure and pedicures for me.
she is always friendly and professional.
it is difficult for me to find someone who knows how to wax my asian eye brows. my hair grows differently and man has perfected waxing and trimming them.
she is fast and efficient.
i am not always sure how i want my eye brows done but i always trust man and she does them perfectly for me !
also when she does manicure and pedicures she does a perfect job ! my nails are always beautiful and last for a long time.
i would definitely recommend her to any one who wants quality services done. i promise you she will not disappoint !
FACIAL that left me glowing for days – Lin was amazing! I treat myself to micro-derm and facials every 2 months so I'm no stranger to the good, bad, or indifferent. Lin was awesome. She used GM Collin products which felt & smelled wonderful. I have sensitive skin especially after exfoliation, but these products rock! After all the cleansing, micro-derm, etc. Lin treated me with some kind of high-frequency tool that she said stimulates Collagen production? Anyway, bottom line is that she took at least a few years off within one hour. I looked in the mirror with no make-up on the next day and I was still glowing. My BF kept giving me kisses all through our date last night. Oh and Lin isn't rough on the facial massage (I hate that) and she takes her time. This is a busy salon with lots of activity so be aware you can hear some noise from outside, but the result is well worth some extra noise from the main area.
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"In war and peace, our service members have done everything asked of them with courage and bravery. For all of us, they are heroes; for millions of Americans, they are parents, brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors. Together, as one nation, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice on our behalf, never to return to the country they served. We reaffirm, in the words once inscribed on Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, that 'time will not dim the glory of their deeds.'
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PEMBROKE, NC – The North Georgia women's tennis team dropped their sixth straight Peach Belt Conference match on Saturday afternoon falling 5-4 to UNC Pembroke at the UNCP Varsity Tennis Courts.
The Lady Saints (7-15, 1-9 PBC) have now lost 13 of their last 15 contests after starting the year 5-1, while the Braves (11-12, 2-9 PBC) won their third straight match.
North Georgia came racing out of the gates taking all three doubles matches, but faltered in singles action losing five of the six matches. The Lady Saints appeared to have their second PBC win of the season after doubles action, but faltered late to suffer the loss.
The duo of Natalia Escobar and Juliana Moscoco-Chiang cruised to an 8-3 victory at No. 1 doubles, while Audrey Marlette/Jordan Poole and Nela Handac/Maria V Casseres Romero grinded out 8-6 and 9-7 wins respectively at No. 2 and No. doubles.
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|2. Leigh-Anne McAfee (UNCP) def. Juliana Chiang (NGWOMEN) 6-4, 6-2
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|4. Shelby Bickel (UNCP) def. Jordan Poole (NGWOMEN) 6-2, 6-0
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The National Security Agency on Friday cited a 1981 executive order signed by then-President Ronald Reagan as the authority under which it is collecting location data daily from tens of millions of cell phones around the world.
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Computerworld — The National Security Agency on Friday cited a 1981 executive order signed by then-President Ronald Reagan as the authority under which it is collecting location data daily from tens of millions of cell phones around the world.
In a statement, the spy agency maintained that the data collection program, dubbed CO-TRAVELER, was solely about foreign communications and complies fully with restrictions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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Among the more curious connections forged by the British Empire in India was that between Islam, the army and the colonial asylum. Britain's attempts to modify India's martial traditions saw the holy men who had long protected the Indian soldier re-invented on the model of the regimental chaplain. While such Muslim 'padres' worked in the service of empire by overseeing the careers of their sepoy clientele, empire in turn helped disseminate the patronal Islam of the Indian soldier. Yet this informal contract came with its own small print. Some forms of Islam were more acceptable to Protestant ideas of religion than others, and with the introduction of the asylum to India a number of holy fools connected to the sepoys were duly detained. This attempt to police the meanings of madness was of limited success and in the British space of the cantonments 'insane' fakirs used their clown's freedom to express resistance to empire. Drawing on small town Urdu chapbooks and colonial records, the lecture follows the spread of what was quite literally an 'Islam of the subalterns' around the cantonments of princely Hyderabad to the early 1900s when a Hindu intellectual used one such mad Muslim sepoy to formulate a popular politics of the cosmopolitan.
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"I've been a part of this program for about three or four years now. This is our fifth trip in a row to regionals, and it says something for those girls and their work ethic. It's hard to do that so no one can take that away from them." Lively said.
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At the plate, the Bulldogs were led by Sara Beth Minton and Peggy Ridley, who collected five of the team's 10 hits. Sarah Garner, Brittany Holloway, Kayleigh Williams, Caitlin Tant and Madison Pike also earned hits. For Weaver, Lauren Reed and Anna Morris had the Bearcats two hits.
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Re:Free Pr0n!
Reply #15 on:
25 Feb 2003, 02:35:08 »
Benchmark result
I don't do this for readme credits, I do it because I want to help people make better missions.
Response to your v encouraging response
Briefing - complete revamp is a bit harsh, it does (INHO) need a little work but don't get paranoid that its crap, even as it stands its a pretty good briefing
minefield - just lose the mines far away from the road, and also lost the distinction between the mines close to the road and those actually on it.
Abrams repaired - ;D sorry. It does indeed need to be repaired, and in crap mission you would have got away with it. Not here though.
Medic - I never saw one and never had need of it, however in general you can't have enough of them and you should seriously consider having one in Charlie squad. I know its not realistic - the correct place for a genuine medic is Platoon level - but a) in the real world any other soldier can heal you do an extent (hey, with a morphine syrette round your neck you can heal yourself) and b) its a game and being wounded and unable to do anything about it just isn't fun.
FUP savegame - better too early than too late.
No combat ambience: I stand corrected and offer my apologies.
Radio callls during counter attack. DO NOT make them more generic. The problem was not the calls themselves, it was the triggers that fired them. Make them relate more to the experiences of Charlie squad (i.e. you lose a couple of men and the "Overwhelmed" text is triggered)
Don't use any artillery, although its popular and fashionable its virtually worthless in the game. If I could wave a magic wand and abolish all arty scripts I would (even though I've used them). Always remember that the boys at BIS are smart and they excluded arty for a very good, and very obvious, reason.
I had no problems picking weapons for my squad.
If you need quotes for the ... I'll send you some.
And, for the avoidance of doubt, if you changed nothing it would still be a good mission by any standard. And this, although I'm
keen on the idea of encourging peope, is not a statement I make lightly. This whole thread is about turning a really good mission into a great one.
I liked the Hollywood effect of Echo in the open, with his weapon beside him
... just put him next to a bush to make the gesture. Anyway, if he was that well hidden he wouldn't be found at at, would he? ;D ;D ;D
Under the circs I think you should allow two LAWs at Gear selection .... but perhaps only a total of 4 or 5 missiles rather than 6.
@ Dark Angel I liked your test review and basically agree with it ... I'm hoping to take another crack at your desert mission in the next day or two. (no promises) An Abrams will almost always survive a mine hit in this game (although damaged) so its no surprise. In real life an Abrams is like 20 tons heavier than a T80 and the extra is pretty much all armour.
Sorry, slightly disjointed post. wtf. hope it does more good than harrm.
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Former Staff
Re:Free Pr0n!
Reply #16 on:
25 Feb 2003, 03:41:16 »
oops... I seem to have given you the wrong idea there Macca (you don't mind me being an idiot and calling you Macca do ya?) ;D
When it comes to my own work I am an absolute perfectionist. When I said I had run the mine sequence probably about 250 times, I meant it.
If there is anything even
out of place, I want it fixed before I release the misson.
Hence the reason I
getting lots of feedback about tiny little nitty gritty points
I really appreciate your review, and had reservations about some parts of the mission (eg. the briefing) before posting it up. Getting even little impressions cofirming these reservations helps me make my mission that little bit closer to perfect (You can never quite get all the way there in my opinion ;D).
In my opinion the briefing is one of the most important parts of the mission... I always feel it's very important to get it just right.
Thanks for your input LCD and DarkAngel. You don't need to be an OFP expert to have an opinion, and I value yours for making my mission better. I've taken down more points after reading your feedback.
As far as the readme credits go, if you help me out I want to acknowledge that in some way... including a list of the people that helped me beta test the mission is a must as far as I'm concerned. (You won't get your name in really big letters or anything though ;D)
For me, the medic didn't say anything when i went into the M113 after the...accident.
The medic that Gameer refers to... seems like he's the only one so far who got that little sequence. There are a number of easter eggs in this mission, that being one of them. If you play it through again, there is a one in five chance you'll see what he's talking about
Anyway, I'm well on my way to getting an improved version out, correcting a lot of 'common sense' errors and generally tidying everything up a bit...
I'm still interested (as I always will be) in any more feedback
Re:Free Pr0n!
Reply #17 on:
25 Feb 2003, 10:25:56 »
Hey there Sui! (I actually read the readme and found out what that stands for!)
Not sure if I can add much more, but here goes...
Good start! ;D (very detailed) You know the person is serious when there's a readme in a beta mission...
VERY NICE! ;D That about describes it... It's got all the touches... plus extra frills and chills!
I'd say it's up there with the best overview I've seen actually.
No intro, but no intro necessary with how you made it.. One thing about that design tho... It makes the replayability factor not as good IMO... Simply because a lot of people are impatient and want to be able to skip through cutscene type stuff at the beginning if possible.. (Even if it is really cool like this mission)...
Now... I want to point out that I'm not one of these people. I enjoy seeing how the mission designer accomplished certain things in the cutscene as much as playing the mission sometimes. (especially in a mission like this)
Very good! Very detailed!
I felt as if I was reading a historical book of the preparations for a cool battle. You've obviously done your research. ;D
I did notice that I have another Officer in my squad? By default he had binocs and I know from experience that they sometimes slow down a squad if AI has em...
(but, you have a nice weapons selection.. so it can be changed anyway)
Also, IMO too many links to La Trinite.. AHHH!! The linkmonster!!
I like all the touches you've put in... Little details are what makes missions stand out!
Here's a few that I noticed: (don't read this stuff if you don't want to spoil any suprises)
Civilians and details in towns (well done, looks like living towns)
Traffic in base and everywhere adds to that further
Good camera angles on the cutscenes
Realistic and original orders given by commander
Other stuff I noticed:
I saw the M1A1 blow up.. then come back to life. (like mentioned before I think)
Too many tents
You should take away the "mine clearing" teams' rifles and give them handguns.. Looked kinda funny when he bent down and his gun was on top of the mine!
Also, the engineers seemed to take a long time.. But I've only played it once so far.
As a result of this, I was in the M113 when I got the order to mount it..
(that's just my fault for not following orders, I guess)
During the cutscenes that show the spec op, IMO it would be cooler if his HK was closer to him.. (I wouldn't lay there with my gun out of arm's reach!)
BTW, that was a nice touch how that all played out w/ him..
It'd be nice to have a medic, but there were tents in the town.. So it's not a big deal.
You should mark "echo's" position on the map. (unless I missed it?)
To answer your questions:
1. No score yet
2. The mission runs almost without any lag at all (a "tent reduction" might help..)
3. It's a good difficulty... I was thinking it was too easy after the attack, then thought about the radio message from "echo" about them leaving that town... Then it got difficult!
(so, I think it's good so far, I'll get back to you)
4. I think if you want to go through the trouble to add voices, I'll go through the trouble to download it...
So far, this is proving to be an excellent, orignal, well designed mission!
Hope this helps some!
Oh yeah, after my upgrade my Bencmark Result is.... 3714
P.S. No need for the free PrOn! Check this mission out people! ;D
Last Edit: 25 Feb 2003, 10:39:16 by Asmodeus
Former Staff
Re:Free Pr0n!
Reply #18 on:
25 Feb 2003, 10:29:05 »
Macca works for me
I know what you mean about the 250 times, I'm the same ..... having real problems getting the force balance right in a take the village mission I'm making at the moment. (Which has a mineclearing script in it, I can't tell you how cross I am you beat me to it ;D)
Oh, and I was very pjssed when I wrote that post last night ... it was somebody's birthday and I wrote it when I got in ........ just relieved not to have been banned when I logged on this morning *inserts smiley for oh my head*
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Re:Free Pr0n!
Reply #19 on:
25 Feb 2003, 12:03:52 »
Im no beta tester but realy like this mission, 1 thing.......
clearing the town out and radio call told me that the captain (or something) was coming up, BOOM i blew up...hmm "ok prolly some grenadier somewhere...ok try again, same thing diff place....right try once more, stayed abit away from the city but still cleared it. captain moved up, all is well, moved down to the city....booom. ¤¤&%&(¤%#/%#, are the mines n this or something?..lol
1 newbie thing, benchmark, do you all mean the #s coming up in the ofp pref program?
Last Edit: 25 Feb 2003, 12:04:52 by kris
Re:Free Pr0n!
Reply #20 on:
25 Feb 2003, 12:11:49 »
Airbase - sounds like there is a bit of lag issues going on for people... I think I'll make the dust script benchmark conditional, as well as about half of the tents. How did I get them there... cut and paste my friend ;D Notice how they're all in nice neat military rows...
Still, rather you than me...
Abrams repaired - Yes indeed ;D I was hoping no one would notice... this is necessary due to the fact it needs to survive for at least 30 seconds in Larche... I'll see if I can be a bit more subtle
Blatantly obvious ;D
The Medic - You were back in the APC when the medic came? That I hadn't thought of... I assumed the player wouldn't be in a vehicle. Thanks, Gameer, I'll put that possibility into play
Didn't know what to do after i'd marked out the mines. Just got back in to be safe.
Save at FUP - I'll also change that to be conditional on distance or when all your guys are out of the M113. It's scripted, so I'll add a delay and make it less of an encumbrance
Do distance - You'd (I'd) be most likely to get out close to Larche.
Difficulty - There's plenty of infantry for everyone, sounds like I need to get rid of some of the tanks though. Generally it all depends on the Abrams and the Platoon's AT attachment. If they all hit, then the tanks all die... still, I'll sort it out
It was hard for me cause of the lag on my comp (yeh, that's it). And cause of those damn grenadiers
One last big point: Lag at Larche.
Believe it or not it's a completely different mission if your benchmark is above 2000. More guys, more scenery/cover.
What I might do is make some of the stuff there conditional on having a benchmark over what... 1500 as well? Could you guys possibly post your benchmarks for me please so I can gauge an idea at what older comps might run at?
One last thing...
Gameer... the group tab didnt' include any of your men..
Do you mean you couldn't choose weapons for your squad?
Did anyone else get this ?
The squad tab in the briefing. Last one, furthest to the right. Y'know? :hmm: ;D
P.S. When's all this gonna be fixed :joystick:
Last Edit: 25 Feb 2003, 12:12:57 by Gameer
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Reply #21 on:
25 Feb 2003, 12:38:03 »
got this at the end just before i failed :'(
'(name (_this select 1)) ==|#| (name player)': Error name: Type String, expected Object
Re:Free Pr0n!
Reply #22 on:
25 Feb 2003, 12:56:51 »
Well, very nice everyting, overview, briefing, cutscene...started all well. a bit laggy the cutscene (benchmark 2419). the abrahams hits the minefield and I get the order to clear it.
Now, I don't want to be harsh on this on, but after the fourth time watching the whole cutscene it got annoying:
1st time, the m113 continues before I get out, it hits a mine - boom. (start again)
2nd time, I get off the m113 it continues into the mine field - boom (my squad is down)
3rd time, I get off, my squad gets off, Vulcan continues - boom (I was too close - start again)
4th time, idem, I'm far away, I don't get killed, I move into the minefield, the second Vulcan (or whatever) drives up and - boom (this time I'm to close)
The whole thing started that well, after the 2nd blow I quit the mission and started again, but still got the same flaw. I d'ont know if it was intentional, but it really,really,really annoyed me
So now i'll go to my university, calm down a bit while listening to my teachers, sleep a bit, then get back to the mission and hope this time it'll work.
Besides this flaw, I can only congratulate you on doing great work with everything else. *thumbsup*
Am I the only one that got this flaw??? Then it might just be my comp that wants to get a bit of sleep as well *bad comp*
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Reply #23 on:
25 Feb 2003, 12:59:37 »
@ kris - i already pointed dat out
dere was eror dat kept comin up - (name (_this select1))=(name player): error name expected object string or somin like dat
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Reply #24 on:
25 Feb 2003, 14:19:44 »
Quote from: Sui on 25 Feb 2003, 03:41:16
The medic that Gameer refers to... seems like he's the only one so far who got that little sequence. There are a number of easter eggs in this mission, that being one of them. If you play it through again, there is a one in five chance you'll see what he's talking about
Aah...I was wondering why no one else had commented on it.
And it's quite big for an easter egg too
Where are the others? ;D
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Reply #25 on:
25 Feb 2003, 14:34:18 »
Damn you Sui!!1
Made me all excited with that topic title, and fer what?
*rolls back into corner*
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Reply #26 on:
25 Feb 2003, 14:49:30 »
If you have easter eggs (which is a good idea) I'd have a higher probability than 20% .... I mean if you've put all that work into creating it you want people to see it. At 35-40% you'd still have to play the mission at least 3 times to have a decent chance of seeing everything.
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Reply #27 on:
25 Feb 2003, 19:45:20 »
i just playeda gain and i found very big bug :-X i almost won (i saved lil after all da tanks were destroyed) and dere was no1 near da city - so i started 2 run around trin 2 c y da mision didnt end - den i was kiled by som1 and wen i loaded i didnt have control :-X - it looks like u r disabling da players control somwere and i didnt get it back - and i didnt win cuz of dat cuz i cudnt do nothin
dis time i was ready 4 da attack and it wasnt dat hard ;D - i kiled 3 tanks and da rest died from choper and oder ppl ;D - and cuz i was ready wid sniper rifle da soldiers didnt get dat close 2 da city and it was prety easy (but den after we finished dere were soldiers KMs far and da mision didnt end - later i got disabled ;D) u realydont want us 2 win ?
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Reply #28 on:
25 Feb 2003, 20:12:30 »
k i got out of da mision and resumed from my save ;D
and im addin anoder 2 bugs 3 da mision 2 minor and major
1) minor - wen da mission acomplishes da first scene in da cuter - shows me only sea
2) minor (me thinks) wen da black out started it gave me strange eror saing - (countside groupname)+(countsid groupname) etc <12 - da eror is dat u forgot 2 put west countside b4
3) major - da mission is not ending :-X - just black out-u have 2 black in if u want da misin 2 end
Last Edit: 25 Feb 2003, 20:15:10 by LCD
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Reply #29 on:
25 Feb 2003, 23:02:58 »
Thanks for all the extended feedback everybody
The revised version is now available (check the first post in this thread). For a full list of changes, please check the Version History section of the readme file. To name a few of the major ones:
Three tier benchmark system implemented, to reduce lag
Briefing swapped around and random extra spaces deleted (I really do need a new keyboard ;D)
Minefield marking sequence revised (you'll need to work a bit harder at the minefield now
Counter Attack restructured
Win/lose conditions tweaked
Misc. bug fixes
A few of the reported bugs have me a bit stumped...
Ba ha! No they don't ;D
Turns out there was a major bug preventing the mission from finishing... I was feeding countside a group instead of an array... thanks LCD. Also, no intro yet... I'm getting there though
Weapons disappearing... I've noticed that too. I have no idea why that happens sometimes.
Mandible... I'm sorry mate, that sounds really nasty
As soon as the first tank takes any damage (rolls over the mine) the entire column is told to halt... in no uncertain terms. I'm not sure why they continue, my only hope is that this doesn't happen the next time you try to play (if you want to play again
). Having sat through the start cutscene many, many times I can understand how you're sick of it...
As far as the easter eggs go... there are a couple more around, one particularly you might have to go out of your way to find.
I like the 20% chance, it means not many people will see it. It's only a 20 line script, not that big a deal
Anyway, Thanks for playing everybody. I'm keen on anymore feed back anyone has to offer
Last Edit: 25 Feb 2003, 23:14:21 by Sui
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